Sony VGN-AW manual 36

Using Your VAIO Computer >
Using the Optical Disc Drive	n 36 N

Supported Disc Media

Your computer plays and records CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Disc media, depending on the model you purchased. See the reference chart below to find out which type of optical disc drive supports which types of media.

PR: playable and recordable

P: playable but not recordable

–: not playable or recordable

CD-

Video

Music

CD

CD-R/

DVD-

DVD-

DVD-R/

DVD+R/

DVD+R DL

DVD-R DL

DVD-

BD-

BD-R/RE*3

ROM

CD

CD

Extra

RW

ROM

Video

RW

RW

(Double

(Dual

RAM*1 *2

ROM

Layer)

Layer)

DVD±RW/

P

P

P

P

PR

P

P

PR

PR

PR

PR

PR

–

–

±R DL/RAM

Blu-ray Disc

P

P

P

P

PR

P

P

PR

PR

PR

PR

PR

P

PR*4

Blu-ray Disc

P

P

P

P

PR*5

P

P

PR

PR

PR

PR

PR

P

P

Combo

*1

The DVD±RW/RAM disc drive on your computer does not support the DVD-RAM cartridge. Use non-cartridge discs or discs with a removable cartridge.

*2

Writing data to single-sided DVD-RAM discs (2.6 GB) compliant with DVD-RAM Version 1.0 is not supported.

DVD-RAM Version 2.2/12X-SPEED DVD-RAM Revision 5.0 disc is not supported.

*3

The Blu-ray Disc drive on your computer does not support BD-RE Disc media in Version 1.0 format and Blu-ray Disc media with a cartridge.

*4

Supports writing data to BD-R Version 1.1/1.2/1.3 discs (single-layer discs with the capacity of 25 GB, dual-layer discs with the capacity of 50 GB) and BD-RE Version

2.1 discs (single-layer discs with the capacity of 25 GB, dual-layer discs with the capacity of 50 GB).

*5

Writing data to Ultra Speed CD-RW discs is not supported.